Chapter 562 - 1: Different Cosmic Rules, the Eighteenth Heaven
[Husk: Flying Lizard]
[Divine Title: Roasted](Witch God's Roasted)
[Rank: Primordial Deity]
[Realm: Third Heaven](Ultimate)
(Note 1: Witch Gods have a total of eighteen heavens. After the Eighteenth Heaven, they are comparable to Pillar Gods.)
(Note 2: The world's energy level determines the upper limit for Witch Gods. This Cosmos adheres to the ultimate law of the jungle. Attacking different worlds and seizing their World Star Cores to merge with one's own world can continuously raise the world's energy level. As the energy level rises, the vitality of native mortals and Deities will also increase to varying degrees.)
[Body Type: 1,300 meters]
[Potential: Lower Class]
(Corresponds to a Lower Class world energy level; the highest attainable realm is the Third Heaven.)
[Skills: Omitted]
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Lince recalled the initial role the True Game had assigned him: a Swamp Giant Lizard.
Looking back, he found it ironic that he had now obtained the husk of a Lizard-type Witch God in this Exotic Realm.
He couldn't help but feel a little sentimental.
'A Third Heaven realm?'
'It's linked to the world's energy level. Does that mean that until they can obtain the World Star Cores of other worlds, the Deities of this world can only reach this level at most?'
'In that case, it'll be easier for me to clean out the other Witch Gods in this world.'
'Still, I should unleash my power to a level comparable to the Eighteenth Heaven as soon as possible so I can start planning my mission.'
Thinking this, Lince didn't hesitate any longer.
He immediately extended His body out from the independent Space of the Third Heaven.
What met His eyes was a world of vast whiteness.
A dark Star Sea?
A sky full of stars?
In this Cosmos, there was no such thing.
Of course, this didn't mean that this Cosmos lacked things like planets or a Sun.
It was just that the Sun and so on did not exist in the Material Realm at all.
The Sun was singular, a manifestation of an Ultimate Authority.
It shone upon infinite worlds and billions of planets.
Likewise, the Moon was also singular, similarly shining upon billions of worlds.
In this Cosmos, the number of high-rank Laws and Pillar God authorities was less than in Lince's home Cosmos.
However, in this Cosmos, the rank of the Sun Authority was extremely high.
The Sun and Taiyin were the two most powerful Authorities in this world.
The Sun Authority corresponded to the Laws of light and heat, and also governed the Laws of Creation and life.
As for Taiyin, it corresponded to the existence of the Moon, and its Lower-Rank Laws included Dark, cold, death, and many others.
In short, in this Cosmos, the most powerful, highest-ranking Laws were those of the Sun and Taiyin.
And this was the most important reason Lince had chosen to enter this Cosmos.
In any case.
In this world, there was nothing outside the planets.
This Cosmos had no dark Star Sea, much less the concept of a galaxy.
All it had was a so-called "Void Realm."
The Void Realm naturally referred to the region outside the planets—this vast, pure white domain of nothingness.
Deities could, of course, travel through this nothingness.
But in this nothingness, it was impossible for any Deity to replenish their Energy.
Because this Cosmos's "Void Realm" contained absolutely no Energy or matter.
It was true nothingness.
As for the Energy spread by the Sun and Taiyin that illuminated the infinite worlds and planets?
That didn't exist here either.
Because the Sun and Taiyin only illuminated the skies of the infinite worlds; they did not appear in the Void Realm.
In summary.
As Lince understood it, in this Cosmos, as long as planets and worlds existed, life would naturally be born. There was no such thing as a world without life.
If a world lost all its life, then naturally, that world, that planet, was not far from destruction.
In this world, "useless" things were not allowed to come into existence.
Myriad Laws illuminated infinite worlds.
The Sun and Taiyin would take turns illuminating the infinite worlds within the entire Cosmos according to a cycle of hours.
As for the stars seen in the night sky from within a world?
They naturally corresponded to the numerous different planets and worlds that truly existed in this Cosmos.
However, their number was too great.
Not only could mortals not count them, but even ordinary Deities could not possibly count them all.
Furthermore, because the space outside the planets in this Cosmos was a vast, white Void Realm, it was impossible for Deities to follow the trails of other nearby stars at night in the hopes of finding other worlds.
In short.
Much of the common knowledge from Lince's home Cosmos was almost entirely useless in this one.
Therefore, at least ordinary Deities couldn't rely on roaming the Star Sea to find other worlds.
Leaving one's original planet and world, setting aside the question of whether one could find their way back, if their Divine Power was depleted while roaming the Star Sea, they would be as good as dead even if they weren't killed.
This was because not only did the Void Realm lack any Energy, but because it wasn't illuminated by the Cosmos's myriad Laws, Deities had to consume Divine Power for even the slightest movement within it.
As for relying on inertia to travel infinitely, as one could in the Star Sea?
That was even more impossible.
Because the Void Realm was a completely static domain.
Once a divine being entered the Void Realm, it was little different from being trapped in a mire.
In the Void Realm, not only could a Deity not replenish any of their Power, but they also couldn't receive faith from mortals, as the Laws did not illuminate it.
Thus, in the Void Realm, Deities also couldn't receive any potential mental Energy transmitted from any external region.
Therefore, it was fine if one didn't venture too far into the Void Realm. But if one went too far, even a Deity would likely never find their way back.